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When I think of my grandmother, Margaret Harper, the first word that comes to mind is frugal. She was the type of woman who rinsed out Ziploc bags to reuse…
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I met the man who would become my husband when we were still teenagers, back when the future felt wide open and uncomplicated. We were seniors in high school, old…